Coax vs Nox Home
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
Coax
Experience your Plex media library like a traditional cable TV experience. This app automatically generates channels from your existing content, allowing you to randomly discover movies and shows without the pressure of choosing.
- On-device Plex library channel surfing
- Zero-setup integration
- Automatic channel guide generation
- Customizable channel categories (genre, decade, actor, etc.)
- Create channels from Plex Collections
- Unify TV and movie libraries
- Adjustable number of channels
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Demolish the tyranny of too much choice, say "NO" to BigAlgo, and just Relax with Coax. Within seconds, you'll be flipping through a schedule made entirely of your own home media server content. Jump right in with the on-screen cable guide and watch whatever's on, just like the old days. You can't pause, you can't skip forward, you can't rewind - all you can do is change the channel. Experience the joy of randomly happening upon a great scene in a movie you forgot you had, or a TV show marathon for an old favorite. Coax requires no setup at all - it uses the metadata your media library already has. If you want, you can create your own custom Lineups, with all sorts of simple yet powerful scheduling rules - create a Saturday Morning Cartoons Lineup for your inner (or actual) child, or a Late Night Thrillers Lineup for date night. Important: This app requires a Plex account and access to a Plex Media Server (or Jellyfin, or Emby). Coax does not provide or distribute any media; it only connects to content you already own. How to configure your Lineups: • Coax scans your home media libraries and generates a channel guide based on your content’s metadata. • Select which channel categories you want: Genre, Decade, Recent Additions, Actor, Studio, Director, and Collections. • Create 100% custom channels using Collections. • Unify your libraries to mix TV and movie channels. • Adjust the number of channels you want to generate. • Customize the time between your programs with Gap Content - play Trailers, or content from another Library if you want! Coax is your personal “cable box” for your own content — no extra accounts, no third-party streaming, just your Plex library organized in a fun, nostalgic way. https://www.apple.com/legal/internet-services/itunes/dev/stdeula/
Nox Home
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Nox Home is a app to connect with Home Assistant — it gives you a clean, customizable home screen for controlling and monitoring your smart home. Start with the easy onboarding: Connect to your Home Assistant instance (URL + token), then pick which entities to surface (weather, solar, car, cameras, people, rooms, etc.). Dashboard: A scrollable home screen with modular cards: Weather, Solar/energy, Car status, System health Cameras (1–4 tiled in the large size) People cards (GPS location, battery, steps, custom photo) — single, side-by-side pair, or 2×2 grid Rooms grid for quick room access Right now we have support for - Lights - Temperature - Weather - EV's - Solar + Battery - Energy prices - Camera - Mobil App / Phones, GPS, Steps
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Verdict
The clearest difference is price: Coax at Free against Nox Home's $7.99. Coax also leads on device support (5 vs 2). Nox Home's advantage is in-app purchases (none vs 3) and update cadence (every 3 days vs every 8 days). On ads and iOS requirement there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Coax is free to download; Nox Home costs $7.99 up front. Coax sells 3 in-app purchases, starting at $2.99 per month. Nox Home asks for nothing beyond the download.
Coax ships an update every 8 days, Nox Home every 3 days. The most recent releases landed on November 8, 2026 and November 5, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | Coax | Nox Home |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free — better | $7.99 |
| Rating | 4.2 (40 ratings) — better | — |
| Positive reviews | 76.9% of reviews | — |
| Number of ratings | 40 — better | — |
| Update frequency | Every 8 days | Every 3 days — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | Yes | No — better |
| Monetization | Free | — |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, Mac, Apple TV, Vision Pro — better | iPhone, iPad |
| Requires iOS | 18.6 | 18.0 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 61 MB | 5 MB |
| Age rating | 17+ | 4+ |
| Developer | Out to Lunch Productions, LLC | Henrik Vejrup |
In-app purchases
Coax
- Monthly - 1st Week Free7 Days trial$2.991 Month
- Annual - 1st Week Free7 Days trial$29.991 Year
- Lifetime$74.99
Nox Home
No in-app purchases









